Knoxville Legal Blog
Excessive force lawsuit filed against KPD officers seeks $4 million in damages
https://www.wate.com/news/excessive-force-lawsuit-filed-against-kpd-officers-by-man-arrested-for-may-2019-dui/
Knoxville man alleges KPD officer broke his arm during 2019 traffic stop
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/knoxville-man-alleges-kpd-officer-broke-his-arm-during-2019-traffic-stop/51-394c2836-731f-4654-9b70-2608cad5b61c
Sheriff’s office stonewalling jail beating victim’s lawyers?
https://www.knoxviews.com/sheriffs-office-stonewalling-jail-beating-victims-lawyers
Federal court affirms that sheriff’s employee can be sued in excessive force suit
https://www.thedailytimes.com/news/federal-court-affirms-that-sheriff-s-employee-can-be-sued/article_ab1cfa48-cfca-50f5-abfe-dd836183b7d7.html
Lawsuit by former Hamblen County jail inmate headed toward settlement
https://www.citizentribune.com/news/local/lawsuit-by-former-hamblen-county-jail-inmate-headed-toward-settlement/article_b8571ef4-0fda-11e7-bf18-2b894eb4603b.html
Brutalized inmate reaches settlement with Knox County
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/brutalized-inmate-reaches-settlement-with-knox-county/51-82457228
Lance K. Baker honored in 2019 as one of Knoxville’s top DUI defense attorneys by Cityview magazine
https://cityviewmag.com/2019topattorneys/
Attorneys threaten court action if records related to KPD fatal shooting are not turned over
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/attorney-threatens-court-action-if-records-related-to-kpd-fatal-shooting-are-not-turned-over/51-e076757d-845c-4482-9b43-54857e57c489?fbclid=IwAR2cIZpyywSIZ0zMY7Q6pIfFyiZOOzO1YPJsAjFbQUjupIwhHFliJIJ3KJM
Knox County And KCSO Face $5M Lawsuit Over Treatment Of Mentally Ill Inmate
A November 2014 staff beating of a Knox County jail inmate, caught on video, is at the center of a $5 million lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in late 2015. Lance Baker, founder of , is representing Louis Flack. The suit alleges that...
Former Hamblen County inmate files $5M Civil Rights Violation Lawsuit Over Beating By Fellow Inmate
Lance Baker of The Baker Law Firm is representing Jeremy Garcia, a Knox County man who alleges he received a jailhouse beating in 2015 severe enough to cause memory loss and ongoing depression and in which he suffered multiple facial fractures. Garcia alleges that his...
